Step 1: Visit the library’s catalog at: www.beachbooks.org Step 2: Enter search terms relevant to the item you are looking for. Step 3: Find the item and select Place Hold Step 4: Enter your library card number (no spaces). Your PIN number is usually the last four digits of your telephone number. Be sure to [...]
Archive for October, 2008
How to Place a Hold
Posted in Tutorials, tagged how to place a hold, library, oregon, tillamook, tutorial on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is it Just Me?
Posted in Cool Things, Reference Tools on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most people, at one time or another on the internet, find a site that doesn’t seem to work – and you wonder if it is just your computer or the website? (We all know websites can be done or not working for many reasons!) This is where this site will come in handy. Go to [...]
Name Your Poison: A Guide to Cultivated and Native Oregon Plants Toxic to Humans
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, tagged Botany, La Rea J. Dennis, library, oregon, Oregon State University, Plant Pathology, poison, reference, tillamook on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most people know that indiscriminately eating the plants you find outside can be very dangerous. Unfortunately a large segment of our population, mostly the two and under crowd, seem to be oblivious to this fact. Not only is there the very real possibility of choking, many of the plants you see every day contain deadly, [...]
Study Rooms at the Tillamook Library
Posted in Library News, tagged library, oregon, study room, things to do at the library, tillamook on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are looking for a quiet place to study, plan a project, or have a small meeting, the Tillamook library’s study rooms are ideal. They all have access to the library’s wi-fi signal and one has a dry erase board. Best of all they offer you access to the entire library collection, and space [...]
Criminals!
Posted in Cool Things, tagged criminal record, library, Library News, tillamook on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more fun than checking to see if your co-workers or neighbors have criminal records. In the past this would take some serious time and effort, that most likely would not be worth it. If only there was a way to find this information without the hassle of all that searching. Now there is [...]
Investment Resource for Tillamook County
Posted in Cool Things, Library News, Reference Tools, tagged library, oregon, reference, tillamook, value line on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is mostly just a rehash from our September newsletter, but it seems good investment information is more timely than ever. The Tillamook County Library System now has an online subscription to Value Line. Value Line has one of the largest independent research staffs of investment analysts and statisticians in the world. It collects data [...]
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions
Posted in Cool Things, Gems of Reference, tagged books, E. Radford, library, M.A. Radford, reference, superstitions, tillamook on October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Certain books appear in almost every public library’s reference collection. Usually there is some form of the Oxford English Dictionary, at least one set of encyclopedias (usually World book or Britannica), a copy of Roget’s Thesaurus and at least one type of Rand McNally road atlas. These books continually appear because they are incredibly useful. [...]
Tillamook on Google Street View
Posted in Cool Things, tagged google, library, maps, street view, tillamook on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had heard of Google Street view, but always figured it was created to showcase large urban areas. Imagine my surprise when I found out that Tillamook could be seen via the Google Street mapping feature. If you haven’t checked this out you are in for a treat. It is like a virtual walking tour [...]
The Tillamook Library Reference Bolg!
Posted in Library News, tagged county fair, database, library, reference, tillamook on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Tillamook reference staff would like to welcome you to our new blog. The goal of this blog is to provide a place where we can share cool and useful things. We are just getting started so please be patient with us. In the mean time check out the video we used to introduce our [...]
